Epic Mayhem

Epic Brewing Company
Brewed at Steam Brewing Company
Style: American Strong Ale
Auckland, New Zealand

Serve in Snifter, Trappist glass

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UPDATED: MAY 29, 2010 500 ml bottle Aroma: Big heavy hops. Grapefruit? Maybe. Does not fade at all. Very aromatic, almost flowery. As it’s temperature rises it reveals a very mild apple aroma. This is a big feature. Appearance: light yellowish brown body, clear, nice large off-white creamy to frothy head dissipating slowly to a thin film and leaving an excellent thick layered lacing. Taste: Oh yea. Hops are big. Clean, bitter no trace of sweetness and maybe a trace of sourness. Finishes with a moderate bitterness. This is not as rounded as the Renaissance Marlborough Imperial IPA but it does go after the hop fanatic in a big way. Palate: Medium to full bodied, a tad creamy, carbonation is lively but softens quickly. Slightly astringent finish with moderate alcohol. Overall: The aroma got my attention. It does not fade. I love hoppy beer so this gets a gold star. Should have bought a case of it.

Pours orange/amber with a creamy lasting head leaving lots of lacing. Nose shows lots of tropical fruit, grapefruit, orange blossom. I’m guessing there’s a fair bit of Nelson Sauvin in this from the passion-fruit as well. Malt is certainly not forgotten , lots of sweet clean crystal. Very nice! The malt is stronger as a flavour with some toasty notes joining the sweet caramel. Similar hop character as in the aroma, but with more grapefruit and pine. Finishes quite sweet but with a matching bold bitterness. Creamy carbonation, not too high, slick syrupy mouthfeel, awesome!

Bottle 500ml. Great beer. Aromas of grass, and caramel. Taste is bitter, and long lasting. Palate is velvety, and medium bodied. Amber, with a frothy white head.

Unit hop aroma, cut grass and underlying malt sweetness, satisfyingly bitter on he palate, continuing the citrus theme with a rind like bitterness overlaying a lovely malty sweetness, looks picture too. V nice.

I really like this beer! Pours a copper colour with an off white head which sticks to the glass like glue. Massive hop aroma which is dominated by Apricots with hints of passionfruit and other citrus and peppery notes. Nice hefty hoppy bitterness which is damn well balance, making this beer surprisingly easy to drink! The only gripe I have is that my Pint didnt last me very long :o(

This is a great beer, very similar to Monks Habit but with less alcohol so less thick in body, this is not a bad thing because it makes it easier to drink, huge passionfruit nose with excellent balance of fruity hops and malt.

This is my standard session beer when I can get it. It’s the closest thing to the "perfect pint" that I can get on a regular basis. It’s not quite as good as it was initially when introduced at BrewNZ, it’s dropped in alocohol, and has less of a hop resin character, but it’s still the same excellent beer, just turned down a notch. The aroma is my favourite part - I’ve been known to just sit with my nose in my pint glass, drawing odd looks. The flavour backs it up with big citrus and grassy hops, underpinned by a beautiful caramel maltiness. Get some now.

Gorgeous hoppy nose, passionfruit in abundance. Lovely presentation in the glass, orangey brown body that says ’drink me’, bitterness in abundance but clears to a cleansing malt richness. Superb beer and all the better for Valentines day after my gf brought back a rigger for me from Wlg. Excellent drink

500ml bottle. Deep golden amber colour with a thick creamy beige foam cap that looks good and smells even better. Floral hop aroma bursts from the glass and a thick mouthfeel coats your tongue with hop flavours. Intense and lingering with good body and weight.

500mL bottle from Eureka in Dunedin. Hop explosion once the bottle is uncapped. Hops present as grapefruit, passionfruit and orange peel. Love the extreme bitterness... Amazing zesty orange flavours with a toffee malt base that can barely tolerate all the hops.. Awesome. MOAR!